Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of a rolling programme of rail electrification for the purposes of (a) reaching the UK’s transport decarbonisation targets and (b) providing value for money from spending of public funds.

Electrification will play an important role in improving our railways, and we understand the importance of a visible pipeline of work, and the potential benefits of a smooth delivery profile, both for electrification and alternative traction technologies.